Band for vehicle-hubs



(No Model.)

W. GARDNER.

BAND FOR VEHICLE HUBS. No. 304.635. Patented Sept. 2, 1884.

WITNESSES 1.7V` VEN TOR QW d.,

. .dttorwy NITED STATES PATENT Fries.

VILLIAM GARDNER, OF LANCASTER, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO CHARLES` H. NEIL, OFOOLUMBUS, OHIO.

BAND FOR VEHICLE-HUBS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,635, dated September 2, 1884.

Application filed February 19,1884. (No model.)

To all whom t nia/y concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM GARDNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Fairfield and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manufacture of' Bands for \Vooden Hubs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the saine, reference being had to ro the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a longitudinal sect-ion of a wooden hub embodying my invention, Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 a detail View in perspective of one of' the metal bands partly in broken section, to show its forni.

The presentinventionhas reference to that 2o class of wooden hubs provided with metal bands extending around its periphery.

The object of the invention is to so con- -struct the metal bandas will admit of its being pressed into place around the hub by hydrau- 2 5 lic or other pressure, which object l attain by the form and construction of the band, substantially as shown in the drawings, and here` inafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a Wooden hub of the usual form and construction, and B the metal bands. These bands are concave upon their inner periphery, as shown at a, and upon each side of this concave is a wedge-shaped edge, b, formed by the inclined sides of the band. After the band is placed over the hub as far as it will go it is forced down into the fibers of the wood by hydraulic or other pressure until the outer surface of the band is flush, or nearly so,with the surface of the hub. stood that no grooves are previously made in the hub to receive the band, but the hub is first placed on end and the band afterward slipped over. The wedge shape edges or points b, also the groove or concave portion c of the metal band, render it more readily pressed into place, the wedge-shape edges cutting their way into the fibers of the wood and driving them compactly into the space formed bythe concave or groove. Thus when 5o the band is driven in place it will firmly hold itself in position.

Having now fully described' iny invention, What I cla-inl as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A metal band for wooden hubs having a groove or formed concave upon its inner periphery, and wedge -shape edges upon each side thereof, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 6o

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed mynalne in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM GARDNER.

Vitnesses 'W. T. MCCLENAGHAN,

Lor'rrn MCCLENAGHAN.

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